Ann Marie Swanson

Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.

Founded in 1997, Aviva Investors Americas LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was also previously known as Aviva Capital Management, Inc. Aviva Investors Americas is a subsidiary of Aviva USA Corp. and their ultimate parent is London-based Aviva Plc (LSE: AV). The firm manages assets for life insurance and annuity companies, re-insurance companies and other institutional clients.

Artisan Partners LP (Artisan Partners) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 2009 by Andrew Ziegler and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Artisan Partners Holdings LP, itself a subsidiary of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (NYSE: APAM). Artisan Partners serves as investment adviser to a variety of separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, trustees of collective investment trusts, and to each series of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc., an open-ended management investment company.

Driehaus Capital Management LLC (Driehaus) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Richard Driehaus in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Driehaus Capital Holdings LLLP. Driehaus manages growth-oriented equity and alternative investment strategies for institutional and individual clients. Driehaus is a Signatory of the United Nations-Supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).

First Trust Advisors LP (FTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a direct subsidiary of Grace Partners of Dupage LP. Their general partner is The Charger Corp. FTA provides discretionary investment management services to institutional and individual clients who principally include open and closed-end mutual funds, collective investment funds (CIFs), exchange-traded funds, variable annuity sub-accounts and funds in countries other than the US. Investment management services are offered to individual clients through separate managed accounts (SMAs), either directly or through wrap fee programs sponsored by unaffiliated investment advisors.

NLG Capital, Inc. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. It was founded in 1968 and formerly known as Sentinel Asset Management, Inc. They became NLG Capital, Inc. in 2022. The firm is wholly-owned by NLV Financial Corp., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Life Holding Co. NLG Capital offers discretionary investment advisory services to various types of institutional clients, focusing on fixed income investments.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Aviva Investors Canada, Inc. is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of Aviva Canada Inc., ultimately owned by Aviva plc (LSE: AV) in Great Britain. Aviva Investors Canada provides resilient fixed income solutions to institutional investors.

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Inc. provides training and certification, runs conferences and disseminates information on detection and prevention of money laundering. The company was founded in 2001 by Joy C. Meason and Charles A. Intriago and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Trilantic Capital Management LP (Trilantic Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Danny James. The firm is headquartered in New York.

First Eagle Alternative Credit LLC (FEAC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. The firm was founded in 2007 under the name THL Credit Advisors LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Eagle Investment Management LLC, which is owned by First Eagle Holdings, Inc. FEAC provides advisory services to many types of clients including BDCs, insurance companies, banks, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, charitable organizations, mutual funds, closed-end funds, government entities, pooled investment vehicles, and private investment funds.

Oxford Square Management LLC (Oxford Square) is a private equity firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Beaumont Financial Partners LLC (Beaumont) is an investment management firm headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1999 and their predecessor firm, Beaumont Trust Associates, became a registered investment adviser in 1981. They were acquired by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS) in 2022. Beaumont offers a comprehensive range of wealth management and family office services to affluent individuals and families, small businesses, and select institutions.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc. provides commercial construction services. The firm offers construction management, engineering design, geophysics and seismology, geotechnical, environmental services, hydrogeology, and hydrologic and hydraulic engineering services. The company was founded by Paul C. Rizzo in 1984 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Foreside Financial Group LLC engages in the provision of regulatory and compliance services. Is solutions include broker-dealer consulting, investment advisor consulting, capital connections, fund officer services and technology solutions. It offers services to investment adviser, broker-dealer, CPOs/CTAs, mutual funds, exchange-traded products (ETPs), funds of funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and investment bankers. The company was founded on October 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

Scp Private Credit Income Bdc LLC engages in the sourcing, underwriting, and managing a diverse portfolio of private senior secured loans primarily to upper middle market companies. It also invests a portion in healthcare companies. The company was founded on May 18, 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Clarion Partners LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). Clarion Partners provides investment advisory, sub-advisory, and other services principally to institutional investors, focusing on sourcing, underwriting and managing real estate and real estate-related investments.

Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund operates as a non-diversified close-ended fund. It aims to invest in private credit investments in middle market companies. The company was founded on November 12, 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SIH ACA Topco LP is a governance, risk, and compliance advisor in financial services. SIH ACA Topco is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company empowers clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business by integrating advisory, managed services, and distribution solutions with their ComplianceAlpha® regulatory technology platform. The company has a team of former regulators and practitioners with a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape. The company was founded in 2002, and Patrick Michael Olson has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Greenbelt capital management LP (Greenbelt capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2021 in Christopher Manning, Andrew Hopping, M. Christopher Murphy and Glenn Jacobson. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.